dhoruba

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dhoruba

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Borrowed from Arabic ضَرْبَة (ḍarba, “storm”, literally “hit, blow”).

noun dhoruba

class ix storm, tempest
Similar: tufani

In English

storm disturbed state of the atmosphere causing destructive or unpleasant weather
tempest storm

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@misc{dhoruba_2026,
  title = {dhoruba},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sw/dhoruba},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}